Oita Trinita vs JEF United Chiba Live Stream, Predictions

📏 Form Guide

Oita Trinita

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Oita Trinita go into this fixture following a 0-0 J2 League drawn game vs Shimizu S-Pulse.

Their latest results highlight the fact that quality has been evident in the Oita Trinita defence. Oita Trinita have been miserly, resulting in the tally of goals that have gone in at their end over the course of their last 6 clashes standing at 4. That sort of trend isn’t assured to be continued into this game, however.

A look at their previous results shows us that Oita Trinita:

• have not lost a league tie with JEF United Chiba in their previous 4 games.
• haven't been defeated in their previous 2 league matches at home.

JEF United Chiba

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Following on from suffering a loss in their previous game against AFC Blaublitz Akita in J2 League competition, JEF United Chiba and their fans will hope to get a better result this time.

Takashi Kawano (52') scored for AFC Blaublitz Akita.

The numbers tell their own story, and JEF United Chiba have been scored against in 5 of their last 6 games, with opponents netting 8 goals overall. At the back, JEF United Chiba have clearly had some problems.

Coming into this meeting, JEF United Chiba have not won against Oita Trinita in games played away from home for the previous 2 league matches.

↔️ Head to head

An examination of their prior head-to-head clashes stretching back to 01/07/2017 shows us that Oita Trinita have won 4 of them & JEF United Chiba 2, with the number of draws standing at 0.

There were also plenty of goals scored in those games, 26 in total at an average of 4.33 goals per meeting.

The last league match featuring these sides was J2 League match day 24 on 02/07/2022 when the final score was Oita Trinita 3-2 JEF United Chiba.

The match was refereed by Toru Kakinuma.

📰 Team News: Oita Trinita

Josei Sato (Torn Ankle Ligament), Tomoya Ando (Hip Injury), Ren Ikeda (Groin Injury) and Arata Watanabe (Medial Collateral Ligament Injury) won’t be able to feature for Oita Trinita gaffer Takahiro Shimotaira.

📰 Team News: JEF United Chiba

From a largely healthy group of players, there is only the lone fitness issue for the JEF United Chiba gaffer Yoshiyuki Kobayashi to contend with. Shogo Sasaki (Cruciate Ligament Injury) won’t be playing here.

💡 Prediction

Our thinking is that JEF United Chiba have the ability to score against this Oita Trinita team, however it might not be enough to prevent defeat.

We’re going for a 2-1 winning margin for Oita Trinita at full-time. It will be interesting to see how this one goes.

Our expert partners are tipping over 1.5 goals for this match. Check out their VIP predictions here.

Renata Leite, 03:21 15/03/2023